Percy Jackson and the Olympians Fanfiction

Pairing: Ares and Annabeth

Side Pairings: Luke and Drew, Percy and Athena

Summary: After the battle with Kronos, Luke somehow survives and Annabeth goes with him instead of Percy. Because of this Percy accepts becoming a God. Luke cheats and a certain War God is surprisingly there to comfort and protect the Wise Girl.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Percy Jackson series or the characters/Greek Gods.

His hands though not much bigger than mine at the moment encircled my waist and pulled me back against his chest. His arms were next to warp my body in a somewhat too warm embrace. The Greek God of War was not supposed to be in my cabin at Camp Half-Blood.

Ares was currently hiding as a seventeen year old version of himself. He was not supposed to be here, nor was he supposed to be lowering his thin, pink lips towards my neck; kissing the sensitive skin tenderly. The exact opposite of how he acted towards Luke when he walked in on my ex-boyfriend and I in the middle of a painful break up not two hours prior.

Luke had somehow managed to survive after the war with the Titan king. He'd said that his love for me was what allowed him to live but now catching him cheating on me blew that lie out of the water. Speaking of water, I'd not given Percy a second thought after hearing Luke say that load of bullshit. And because of that Percy accepted God-hood. He is now the head of Camp HB and shagging my mom, Athena Goddess of Wisdom. Both Gods were probably up at the Big House laughing at my expense. It's not like the entire camp didn't already know what happened with Luke and me.

"Annabeth?" The sound of Ares' voice brought me out of my depressing thought bubble and back to the reality at hand.

"Yes, Lord Ares?"

"One, drop the 'Lord' shit. Two, come up to Olympus with me. You can finish your designs up there and get away from that bastard Luke. Oh, and you'd get a break from boring camp life for a vacation with me." He'd turned me around in the middle of his request. The usual dark sunglasses were not in use, hanging from his jacket pocket to show deep blood red eyes burning with barely suppressed violence. No, it was not directed towards me. I got the feeling that it was meant for the male he'd mentioned directly. His grip on me tightened as my silence grew further, deep in thought once more.

"C'mon, I know you're a daughter of Athena but I swear you think more than your mother," Ares said in annoyance.

"Okay," I said softly.

"What?"

"Okay, I'll go; on one condition." I held up my right index finger for emphasis.

"What is this 'one condition'?" Ares said eagerly while tightening his grip nearly to the point of pain.

"Well, two not that I think about it."

"Fine, fine; what are they?" I couldn't help but try to hide the grin brought on the War God's eagerness to spend time with me. It was beginning to make him anxious.

"One, don't be any form except your own. Two, tell my why you tried to kill Luke." Saying his name was a mistake. It hurt like hell and I had a hard time trying to keep the pained expression from my face.

The image of a seventeen year old boy faded away to reveal a man about twenty-five at least a head taller than me with broad shoulders and huge arms. His skin was well tanned and littered with scars from past wars. Ares truly was a breathtaking example of masculinity in his own right.

"Well, I tried to kill that ass-hat because he hurt you," he said matter-of-factly with a nod of his head.

"But, why me though? He was cheating on one of your daughters too."

"That's their fault. Everyone knew about you and him. Whoever willingly did anything with him deserves it, including my children." He looked at the floor, thoughtful for a moment. "Look, if your mom knew what I'm about to tell you, she'd have my head on a golden platter. But I don't give a shit anymore."

"So what do you not care about anymore, besides the fact that you're on the verge of breaking my ribs?"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Ares let go of me completely and turned around to face Deadalus' laptop on my bed. "And I don't care that just saying this will probably earn me a curse or two. While the other Olympians were watching Perseus' progression, I was a little more preoccupied with a certain blonde girl who was unconsciously making me fall for her because of her strength. The first person to notice was Aphrodite. She took heed of it before even I did. We broke up and she gave me some friendly post-break-up advice to go tell this girl of my feelings, which I'm not good at being the God of War and all. So that's what I'm doing; telling this girl how I feel about her. Athena would kill me if she knew I fell for one of her daughters, her favorite one at that." The ever sure of himself God was now facing me with barely concealed hope in his eyes.

"So, this blonde, does she have a name?" I knew he was talking about me but I suddenly got this cheeky urge to hear him say that he'd fallen or me. I had realized my feelings for Ares while watching him protect me when Luke raised his fist like he was going to hit me.

"Mhmm, Annabeth Chase. I'd say her middle name but I don't think she'd want me to." He is such a cocky bastard.

"Yeah, please don't. So, when are we leaving for Olympus?"

"We can leave as soon as you are ready. Though, I do now have to go up to the Big House to discuss this new development with your mother and the new camp director." He turned to walk past me right when I nearly panicked. I don't want him to leave!

"Ares, wait. Stay while I pack? Please? I'll go up to the Big House with you when I'm done. I have a few things to tell my mother and Perseus anyways." I looked up at this God with lovingly pleading eyes, practically begging him not to leave me alone. After what happened with Luke Ares hadn't left my side. I didn't want him going anywhere now. Not after what he just told me he'd fallen for me.

"Fine, but hurry up, okay?" He plooped down on my bed and looked down at the laptop quizzically. "Why do you use this thing? Can't your mom just poof you up a new, better one?"

I had my back to him while he was asking, trying to hide the clothes that I was stuffing into my bag. When I was done I sat next to him and took the laptop off of his lap, showing him all the layouts from different buildings designed by Deadalus. "Yeah, I guess she could but what would be the good in getting a new one when I already hve this one with all the necessary programs and software?"

"Okay, so I guess you have a point there. C'mon, let's go face the music and your mom." He took my hand in his and pulled me to my feet. "I'll walk like a mortal just because I want some time before we get there but when this discussion is done we're not gonna travel by mortal means to Olympus, got it?" There's that jackass act. He's back and ready for a fight I know my mother and possibly Percy is going to put up.

So we made our way to the Big House hand in hand. All the campers that saw us stopped and stared. A couple of their jaws dropped and Clairesse nearly had a heart attack by the looks of it.